Verneta — girls' name
230 babies named Verneta in U.S. Social Security records since 1912, with the highest year being 1928. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
47% of everyone ever named Verneta was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Verneta in 1928 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Verneta
The Social Security Administration has registered 230 babies named Verneta between 1912 and 1965, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Verneta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1965. The name reached its historical peak in 1928, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Verneta performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 109 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Verneta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Verneta in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 230 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Verneta at a glance
Last recorded 1965Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Verneta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1965–1912
- Peak year (1928)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 54 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1965.
230 total births across 54 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1928 with 16 births in a single year.
Verneta by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 109 births that decade — 47% of Verneta's all-time total
Verneta decade highlights
- Peak decade 109 births
- Runner-up 64 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Verneta's strongest decade
109 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1912–1965 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.